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Originally Posted by inkling16
I have looked at the datasheet, and I can see that the capacity is different, but I can't think of a good reason for this besides internal resistance of the battery. A fully charged battery has some energy associated with it, and a discharged battery has some energy associated with it. No matter how you get from this charged state to the discharged state, the energy change must be the same, correct? As far as I can tell, this energy can only turn into either heat or electrical energy.
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You are correct. When the battery goes from charged to discharged slowly, most of the energy is released as electricity, and a small part is released as heat. When the battery is discharged quickly, a much larger part is released as heat.